Bottom line: Masks work. They are safe for almost everyone to wear, and the more people that wear them along with adhering to physical distancing and other strategies, then that's more lives we'll save. But there's still a lot of...

Mifepristone, a drug used for medical abortions, is under fire in the United States, with critics claiming it isn't safe to use. Abortion rights advocates often revert to a funny talking point to argue for its safety, but how accurate is...

By combining historical demography and epidemiology, we can (sort of) determine how people throughout history have died.

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"Freakonomics" author Steven Levitt presents new data on the finances of drug dealing. Contrary to...

* Viewer discretion advised. This video includes discussion of mature topics and may be inappropriate for some audiences. Steven Pinker charts the decline of violence from Biblical times to the present, and argues that, though it may...

Bill Gates hopes to solve some of the world's biggest problems using a new kind of philanthropy. In a passionate and, yes, funny 18 minutes, he asks us to consider two big questions and how we might answer them. (And see the Q&A on the...

The human lifespan might be limited, in part, because natural selection just stops working late in life.

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In this video Paul Andersen explores population dynamics of the human population. The population has show exponential growth since the industrial revolution and all countries will eventually move through the demographic transition. If...

Pupil outcome: I can describe global population change over time. Key learning points: - Our population is growing and has reached 8 billion people. - Our population has changed over time, but icnreased most rapidly since the 1800s. -...

How are Viruses Classified?

With a growing population and an already overcrowded urban area, Manila's infrastructures are struggling to cope. Human Geography - A Changing World - Learning Points. Manila is a megacity, with over 12 million inhabitants. There are...

Why is Japan's population ageing? What impacts could this have on the country in future? And how is the government trying to tackle the problem? Human Geography - A Changing World - Learning Points. Japan, like many developed countries,...

What is a Less Economically Developed Country? And how does this affect the lives of those who live there? Human Geography - A Changing World - Learning Points. Less Economically Developed Country (LEDC) refers to a nation with a low...

At the 2020 WSJ Health Forum, Senior Writer Betsy McKay spoke with Dr. Nieca Goldberg, medical director of the NYU Women's Heart Program, and Verve Therapeutics CEO Dr. Sekar Kathiresan about the troubling rise in heart disease.

Before thinking about living things, let's see what we can say about why raindrops and planets exist.

Before thinking about living things, let's see what we can say about why raindrops and planets exist.

Trip.com's Jane Sun discusses the future of travel as we navigate a thicket of regulations, quarantine orders and testing regimes that have made international business and leisure travel a challenging endeavor.

Google's former chairman and CEO, Eric Schmidt, discusses how big tech can use the pandemic to reshape their fortunes and make an impact to transform healthcare and education.

Samuel Pepys gives an eye witness account of the Great Plague in London in 1665.

Sweden's State Epidemiologist, Dr. Anders Tegnell talks about what lessons can be learnt from Sweden and whether or not a vaccine is the real answer to making people feel safe about a return to work. When will it be ready and will enough...

This video is a lecture presentation on populations. The presenter defines the terms population, community, and ecosystem and explains how these terms are related. The factors affecting the size of a population, such as food supply,...

The pandemic killed millions of people, reshaping the economies and the way people live, while accelerating advances in technology and biosciences. What does Bill Gates think we’ve learned and how can we prevent it from happening again?

In this video, we will learn the structure of a map chart. • Get an overview of HTML and CSS files • Understand the GeoJSON file • Understand the app.js file

It describes the role of biological agents for controlling pests. It describes genetically modified organisms (using Bt microbe) and their uses as biocontrol agents.